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July 2007

Previously...

7 July 2007 | Link this

My apologies to anyone who's contacted me over the past couple of weeks and received no reply. A couple of big family issues have taken my attention away from the site temporarily. I should be back in touch soon. Thanks for your patience.

19 July 2007 | Link this

Lots of updates today. I've reworked the following pages and added entirely new galleries with lots of new photos. This is part of my effort to standardize the format of all the store and city features (and to add new photos):

• Colonial Stores (lots of new photos)
• Fresno (this is mostly just a reorganization)

To match the format of the newer city features, I've added full location spreadsheets in the following sections. This should make it easier to track locations over time. Updated location lists are:

• Fresno
• Sacramento
• Stockton

More to come.

25 July 2007 | Link this

Now here's a site that warms my heart. Another San Francisco store (one that was originally designed as a Lucky but opened as an Albertsons) reclaims its rightful and historically significant brand name. Photo courtesy of my betrothed who's working in San Francisco this week.

Related:

• The Lucky Stores section of Groceteria
• Discussion of the name change on the message board

30 July 2007 | Link this

More updates, as I bring older sections of the site "up to code" and add new photos and other information:

• Alpha Beta (new photos and a new 1945 location list)
• Piggly Wiggly (new photos)
• Winn-Dixie (new photos)
• Sacramento (new photos)
• Grand Union (new photos, new history)

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